Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Thinkers

Copernicus argued that the planets revolved around the...

• Sun

• Black Hole

• Earth

• Devil

Key terms: Which of these terms means "A systematic procedure for collecting & analyzing evidence that was crucial to the evolution of science in the modern world"?

• Empiricism

• Rationalism

• Inductive reasoning

• Scientific method

Key Term: Earth-centered, a system of planetary motion in which the sun, moon, and other planets revolve around the Earth.

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Sphere

• Philosopher

Key Term: sun-centered, a system of planetary motion in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun.

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Sphere

• Philosopher

Who developed the Universal Laws of Gravitation?

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Galileo

• Harvey

Who developed the heliocentric model?

• Newton

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Descartes

This scientist discovered mountains on Earth's moon, four moons revolving around Jupiter, and sunspots

• Kepler

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

This female scientist wrote "Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy" and believed that science would allow human to control nature.

• Kepler

• Descartes

• Galileo

• Cavendish

This scientist is called the father on modern rationalism. Based on the thought that reason is the chief source of knowledge.

• Kepler

• Descartes

• Galileo

• Cavendish

This scientist agreed with Copernicus, but also went a step further in saying that the planets that orbit around the sun go in a elliptical motion (not circular).

• Kepler

• Descartes

• Galileo

• Cavendish